Filming has begun

Hello,

I learned about Finland today thanks to the Finnish broadcasting team of Jack, Luke and Sid.  The Mongolian broadcasters Dylan, Hunter and Kipp took over our video production site a few minutes later to teach us about Mongolia. The presentations had some original and funny moments.  It is tough to go first, but we thank them and hope to learn from their experiences. More filming to follow tomorrow.

We took our angles math test today.  Only a few scored below 20 out of 25, but I was still disappointed.  I felt like this was a test that we could all ace.  Careless mistakes included reading the wrong set of numbers on a protractor, skipping questions, incorrectly labeling angles, measuring the wrong angles and forgetting how many degrees is in a full turn.  Ugh.  Our math tests, while much better than early in the year, still point out more about our lack of focus than our math abilities.

Spelling test tomorrow.  I've added a consequence to any flunked tests. Some kids don't care about learning new words, but they do care about recess. We'll see if I can motivate them this way.

I failed to get Quidditch practice permission slips out this week, so we'll go for next Friday.  Look for those slips tomorrow.

Thanks for reading.

Mr. Shea